USPIE BACK TO SCHOOL
PARENT SURVIVAL GUIDE
PART 1


PROTECT YOUR CHILDREN & KNOW THE ISSUES
  • Many states have claimed to repeal Common Core, but did not.
  • Common Core for babies is rampant in the Birth to Age Five age group.
  • Assessments are happening all the time, including surveys, and parents are not always notified.
  • Assessment & surveys are a means to collect your child’s personal data, which can be shared widely outside the school system itself.
  • You have the right to opt your child out of bad lessons and assessments, but many schools make it very difficult. Know your rights.
  • New lessons in Social Emotional Learning are being imposed on children.
         
TIPS

  • Find out if your state assessments are under PARCC, SBAC, Pearson, and/or AIR Helpful article: https://edexcellence.net/articles/the-state-of-state-assessments

  • Ask to see all lesson plans outlined on a syllabus. Find out everything that they read in class, including digital books. This is your supreme court protected right and you can opt them out of any material you feel is inappropriate. Things to look for include materials that favor international and globalism over American sovereignty, revisionist history, social justice issues as early as kindergarten, religious bias like Access Islam, sexually charged materials, and sustainable development.


  • Instruct your child to decline any and all surveys given in class. Refuse all behavioral and psychological profiles. Put this in writing. This is protected under the Hatch Amendment.

  • Read the fine print on everything before you sign it. Do not disclose any information that you do not want shared. Protect your child’s data from unnecessary collection.

  • Volunteer to see what is happening in the classroom and on the playground. Go observe for yourself and know what curriculum is being used. Also determine what is happening at your school regarding bullying.

  • Go to www.fairtest.org and find out which college’s no longer require the SAT/ACT.